Antiglare device for automobile headlights



ANTIGLARE DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE `HEADLGHT'S Filed March l, 1923 Patented Jan. 8, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i Jncon srniNi-sznrnn, or winnmmsronr, rnNNsYnvANm Apbneatio'n ma umn i, 192s. serial no. caabsi.

To all lwtom t may concern: 2 is provided with a plurality of spring wire Be it known that I, Jiicon STEINHmrnR, a clips 4 any desired number of which may be citizen ofthe United States, residing at Wilemployed, three being here shown. lThese liamsport, in the county of Lycoming and clips 4 have connected with their rear ends, 55

5 State of Pennsylvania have invented a new a spring wire attaching member 5 which is and useful Antiglare evice for Automobile in the form of a broken circle and is desi ed Headlights, of which the following is a to yieldingly engage the headlight H at specification. y the rear of the rim R. l

This invention relates to anti-glare devices In the use of this device, the hood 2 is vpo- 60 for automobile headlights. sitioned at the top of the headlight as shown The object of the invention is to provide in Fig. l, with its rear edge abutting the a simple and efficient attachment for ready vfront face of rim R and the clamping ring 5 i application to an automobile headlight is en aged with said headlight in' rear of the which will afford sulicient light for the driver rim with the clips 4 vbowed outwardly and o5 i5 of the vehicle equipped with it, and projects 'spanning said rim and yieldably holding the the light rays down onto the roadway, thus device 1 in operative position with the hood avoiding blinding of approaching vehicle securely clamped against the face of drivers. i rim R so that it vwill deflect the light rays AIIOheI Object iS t0 provide a device 0f downward onto the roadway infront of the 7o 2o this character which may be cheaply convehicle and prevent them from blinding apstructed and easily applied to headlights preaching vehicle drivers. already in use without making any chan es Various changes in the form, shape, protherei-n and which may be readily removed portion and other minor details of construcfrom one headlight and applied to another. tion may be made without departing from lS` With the foregoing and other objects in the princi le or sacrificing'any ofthe advanview which will appear as the description tages of t e claimed invention.

proceeds, the invention resides in the combi- I claim f nation and arrangement of parts and in the A device yof the class described comprisdetails of construction hereinafter described ing a hood having its rear ed e shaped to 8o and claimed,it being understood that changes conform to the face of the headlight rim in in the precise embodiment of the inventionv connection. with -which it is` to'be used, a herein disclosed may be made within the sprin wire clamping ring, and transversely scope of .what is claimed without departing exten ing spring clips connecting said hood froml the spirit of the invention. s and ring, said clips being secured at one end 85 A In the accompanying drawings :l to the hood and at their other end to the ring Figure l represents a side elevation of a and operating as 4spacers for the hood and headlight with this improved attachment ring, the portion betweenthe hood and ring shown applied, and being bowed outwardly' and of a length to Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the attach- Span the rim ofthe headlightsaid ring bein '9o 4o ment detached. designed to lit the headlight at the rear o In the embodiment illustrated, the attachits rim whereby the hood is held in abutting ment 1 constituting this invention comprises engagement with the front .face of the rim a hood 2 constructed of sheet metal prefwhen applied.. erably of aluminum or tinv and preferably In testimony that I claim the foregoing @e provided on its inner face with a reliectas my own, I have hereto alixed my s1gna ing surface, although not necessarily so. ture in the presence of two witnesses.

This hood 2 is downwardly and forwardly inclined as shown in Fig. 1 and the outer n JACOB STEINHILPER. edge 3 thereoftapers toward the ends of the Witnesses: 5@ hood so that the sides of the hood will be i Cmnnns Drrriun,

narrower than the top thereof. This hood Wam'na W. Blown. 

